Cultivator-fender.



C. T. LUKE. n

, GULTIVATOR FENDER.

APPLICATION HLM; snr'rxl, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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CLAUDE T. LUKE,

or CLARK, OHIO'.

CULTIVATOR-FENDER.

To al( whom Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE T. LUKE, a citizen of the United Sta-tes,residing at Clark, in the county of Coshocton and State of Chio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cultivator-Fenders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention provides a fender adapted most especially for use inconnection with cultivators to prevent clods and lumps of earth fromfalling upon the plants when cultivating the same The inventioncontemplates a fender which will permit of fine earth passing throughthe members of the fender so as to cover the roots of the plants whileat the same time warding off clods and preventing their falling upon andcovering the plants so as to injure their growth.

The invention consists of a fender of novel formation, which hereinafterwill be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawing, forming a part of the application, Figure 1 is a sideview of a fender embodying the invention. Fig. 9. is a top plan view ofthe fender. Fig. 8 is a rear view. Fig. /1 is a sectional view on theline a-m of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line b-b ofFig. 2, showing the parts on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription, and indicated in all the views of the drawing, by the samereference characters.

The fender embodies a frame formed of similar side pieces, which areupwardly converged, each side piece consisting of a longitudinal bar 1,a rear upright 2, and a front upright 3, the` latter curving upwardlyand forwardly. The longitudinal bars 1 constitute in effect runners andthe front uprights 3 form curved ends which enable the runners to passover clods and other obstructions. The rear uprights 2 are of integralformation and form an inverted V-shaped connection for the rear ends ofthe longitudinal bars 1. The front uprights 3 are likewise of integralforma-- tion and serve to connect the forward portions of thelongitudinal bars 1. The several parts of the frame are of substantialconstruction so as to withstand hard usage Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed September 7, 191D.

and wear. The frame is covered by wire screen 4 of suitable mesh toenable ne Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 580,837.

earth to pass therethrough, but to ward oif clods and prevent theirfalling upon the plants. The wire screen 4 is bent over the outside ofthe frameof the fender and is secured to the outer side of the bars 1and uprights 2 and 3. Binding rods 5 extend along the outer sides of thelongitudinal. bars 1 and serve to confine the lower edges of the wirescreen /i thereto, the end portions of the binding rods being bent andpassing through openings formed in end portions of the longitudinal barsand having the bent ends threaded to receive nuts 6. Hook bolts 7 engagethe binding rods 5 at a middle point and pass through openings formed inthe longitudinal bars 1 and serve to secure the binding rods 5 atintermediate points in their length.' Clips 8 connect the end portionsof the wire screen to the uprights.

Draft bars 9 extend along the inner sides of the members comprising thefender and are secured to the front and rear uprights of the main frameand their front ends project and are spread, as indicated at 9, to makeconnection with the beams of the cultivator or other implement withwhich the fender is to be used. The projecting portions 10 of the draftbars are offset immediately in advance of the fender,l thereby enablingthe projecting vparts 10 to extend in parallel. lines so as to comeclose against the sides of the beams or toothed bars of the cultivator.The rear ends of the draft bars are adjustably connected with the rearuprights 2, thereby enabling the relative inclination of the draft barsto be changed to suit the particular nature of work in hand. The rearuprights 2 have a series of openings which are adapted to receive theclips 8 by means of which the rear ends of the draft bars 9 areadjustably connected therewith.

The main frame of the fender may be constructed in any manner, but it ispreferred to form the same of steel bars comparatively thin and wide andto have the frame of considerable length to prevent the clods fallinginward in the rear of the fender and covering the plants.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains, and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the Vfront and rear uprights,

invention, together with the device which I now consider to be theembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shownis merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desiredas are within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

A. cultivator fender comprising a frame formed of similar side members,each of the members comprising a longitudinal bar and said uprightsconstituting V-shaped connections for joining the ends of thelongitudinal bars, a Wire screen covering the side members of the frame,binding rods confining the edges of the wire screen to the longitudinalbars and having their end portions bent and of said side members, theprojecting ends of 30 the draft bars being offset to spread theirforward portions.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CLAUDE T. LUKE. Witnesses Curr KAsEn, K. K. KASER.

E Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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